Fraternal interest groups and violent conflict management: A social-structural hypothesis

How are social organisation and violent conflict between groups related? One of the key concepts investigated here is that of so called "fraternal interest groups". They are supposed to be responsible for frequent violent conflict management. The components and operationalization of the hy...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 1990-01, Vol.115, p.45-55
1. Verfasser: Göhlen, Ruth
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:How are social organisation and violent conflict between groups related? One of the key concepts investigated here is that of so called "fraternal interest groups". They are supposed to be responsible for frequent violent conflict management. The components and operationalization of the hypothesis are investigated in order to show its power and its weaknesses and to find a more adequate operationalization of the component variables for statistical cross-cultural testing.
ISSN:0044-2666